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In The Awesome Egyptians the persistent delving into the toilet of history by author Terry Deary and cohort Peter Hepplewhite leaves no stone - or rather, Pyramid - unturned in this hilariously vile Horrible History. How to make your own mummy, how to test the theory that pyramids have magical powers and, among all the handy hints and tips, a few tales of dodgy Pharaohs and their nasty habits. Anyone who ever thought they knew all they needed to know about the Egyptians and their strange ways will be amazed at the gaps in their knowledge as they discover which king had the most blackheads, unusual ways Victorians displayed their mummies and how to become a true Egyptian peasant in ten easy (or, in fact, rather difficult) stages. The Awesome Egyptians will tickle the fancy of readers young and old, giving hieroglyphics and bandages a whole new, never to be forgotten meaning. --Susan Harrison
Customer Reviews
fun history, 21 Nov 2008
This book helped to get my 8 year old son into reading (he's now 10 and reads a lot). It also gave him historical info and background in a fun way. He's read most of the series and also listens to the CDs. Get the books from your local library. Great stuff!
HOT OFF THE PRESS - APRIL 2007 - REPRINTED EDITION with a NEW COVER!, 17 Apr 2007
(-) Amazon Review Tracker
`The Awesome Egyptians gives you some awful information about phabulous Pharaohs and poverty-stricken peasants - who lived an awesome 5000 years ago!
Want to know:-
which king had the worst blackheads?
why some kings had to wear false beards?
why the peasants were revolting?
Read on to find some foul facts about death and decay, revolting recipes for 3000-year-old sweets, how to make a mean mummy, and some awful Egyptian arithmetic.
History with the nasty bits left in!
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 140 pages, split over 12 chapters:-
Egyptian fact-file
Awesome Egyptian events
Phascinating Pharaohs
The power of the pyramids
The pyramids
The magic of the mummies
The curse of the mummy's tomb
Gruesome grave robbers
The remarkable river
A gallery of gods
Awesome troublesome Egyptians
Live like an Egyptian
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, aided by Peter Hepplewhite - in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown.
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Customer Reviews
fun history, 21 Nov 2008
This book helped to get my 8 year old son into reading (he's now 10 and reads a lot). It also gave him historical info and background in a fun way. He's read most of the series and also listens to the CDs. Get the books from your local library. Great stuff!
HOT OFF THE PRESS - APRIL 2007 - REPRINTED EDITION with a NEW COVER!, 17 Apr 2007
(-) Amazon Review Tracker
`The Awesome Egyptians gives you some awful information about phabulous Pharaohs and poverty-stricken peasants - who lived an awesome 5000 years ago!
Want to know:-
which king had the worst blackheads?
why some kings had to wear false beards?
why the peasants were revolting?
Read on to find some foul facts about death and decay, revolting recipes for 3000-year-old sweets, how to make a mean mummy, and some awful Egyptian arithmetic.
History with the nasty bits left in!
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 140 pages, split over 12 chapters:-
Egyptian fact-file
Awesome Egyptian events
Phascinating Pharaohs
The power of the pyramids
The pyramids
The magic of the mummies
The curse of the mummy's tomb
Gruesome grave robbers
The remarkable river
A gallery of gods
Awesome troublesome Egyptians
Live like an Egyptian
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, aided by Peter Hepplewhite - in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown.
Great Fun, 26 Feb 2007
I love this little book and have noticed there is another one in the Egyptian series. :-)
It's great fun for adults and children alike. I actually bought this for making my own stationary, and I've had fun doing it.
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Customer Reviews
fun history, 21 Nov 2008
This book helped to get my 8 year old son into reading (he's now 10 and reads a lot). It also gave him historical info and background in a fun way. He's read most of the series and also listens to the CDs. Get the books from your local library. Great stuff!
HOT OFF THE PRESS - APRIL 2007 - REPRINTED EDITION with a NEW COVER!, 17 Apr 2007
(-) Amazon Review Tracker
`The Awesome Egyptians gives you some awful information about phabulous Pharaohs and poverty-stricken peasants - who lived an awesome 5000 years ago!
Want to know:-
which king had the worst blackheads?
why some kings had to wear false beards?
why the peasants were revolting?
Read on to find some foul facts about death and decay, revolting recipes for 3000-year-old sweets, how to make a mean mummy, and some awful Egyptian arithmetic.
History with the nasty bits left in!
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 140 pages, split over 12 chapters:-
Egyptian fact-file
Awesome Egyptian events
Phascinating Pharaohs
The power of the pyramids
The pyramids
The magic of the mummies
The curse of the mummy's tomb
Gruesome grave robbers
The remarkable river
A gallery of gods
Awesome troublesome Egyptians
Live like an Egyptian
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, aided by Peter Hepplewhite - in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown.
Great Fun, 26 Feb 2007
I love this little book and have noticed there is another one in the Egyptian series. :-)
It's great fun for adults and children alike. I actually bought this for making my own stationary, and I've had fun doing it.
Excellent packed with information , 23 Oct 2008
A fantastic, informative book, although lacking in religious discourse which formed much of ancient egyptian life. However, a marvellous reference book all the same. Would have been better in a larger format as difficult to read at times.
If you only have one book on Egyptology ..., 01 May 2008
If you can only have one book on Egyptology then this is the one. Ian Shaw has gathered together experts to present a generally accepted history of this fascinating period of history. As a student of Egyptology I a significant collection of works; but this is the one that I keep returning to. I've been using it for many years and can vouch for its broad coverage of a complex (and evolving) topic; the depth squeezed into a readable book is surprising.
Standard issue for the student of Egypt, 17 Jul 2007
This was the second book on Egyptian history I brought as an adult. As an academic resource it is probably the definitive introduction to that subject. It runs chronologically from Predynastic up to the end of the Roman Period, offering a brief but accurate and meaningful glance into the reigns of all the Pharaohs and assorted foreign rulers who shaped Egyptian history.
The academic effort that went into this work must have been immense, and it is rightly one of the most important standard texts for all students, or indeed for those who aspire to become one. Indeed this volume now sits, rather well thumbed as a standard reference on my desk.
At first glance the small typeface and crammed approach makes this a slightly daunting work, but it's division into quite separate works on the major periods of Egyptian history (predynastic,old, FIP, middle, SIP, new, TIP, late, Ptolemaic, roman) means you can easily approach this book "a kingdom at a time", a much better way of tackling it, and also make it an excellent book for soaking up intellectually dead time such as commuting, work etc, which is how I approached it.
Whilst this work lacks some of the readability of Tydesley or Gahlin, it is a veritable gold mine of solidly researched history and for anyone interested in serious/mainstream Egyptian history, there really is no better place to start. It also contains a very useful bibliography for digging further into the nitty gritty of particular areas which fascinate you.
You really do need this book...
Excellent, 28 Feb 2007
I have been to Egypt, the first time was in 1993, and I made my mind up that I'd like to study Egyptology.
Although in my second year of studying Egyptology, during my first year this was one of my study books I was required to read.
This provides you with a lot of information on different periods of the Ancient Egyptian History, in all it covers 700,000 years.
I found this book informative, interesting and enjoyable to read. Sometimes I had to read a chapter twice for all the information to sink in.
Whether you are studying Egyptology or just want a little more knowledge this is an excellent book.
It makes an excellent edition to my little Egyptian library, which now stands at nearly 1000 books on this subject. :-)
One of the best "short" histories of Egypt, 26 Jan 2007
Well, for one i'd like to stress how well I think the various authors have squeezed an amazing amount of information on all aspects of Egyptian history, culture and religion into comparatively few pages. This book provides an excellent base from which a reader can go about gathering more information. No one book will be sufficient to provide a reader with a thoroughly detailed account of Egyptian history without running into many many volumes. What the authors here do is condense the information into a size that is manageable without being "basic".
As a student of Egyptology under Ian Shaw I have found this book invaluable and have used it as a standard reference work in most essays and also as a background work in revision and its' list of resources at the back is extremely good at pointing me in the direction of other, more thorough works.
All in all I thoroughly recommend it to the student as well as someone with any interest in the ancient Egyptian civilisation.
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Customer Reviews
fun history, 21 Nov 2008
This book helped to get my 8 year old son into reading (he's now 10 and reads a lot). It also gave him historical info and background in a fun way. He's read most of the series and also listens to the CDs. Get the books from your local library. Great stuff! HOT OFF THE PRESS - APRIL 2007 - REPRINTED EDITION with a NEW COVER!, 17 Apr 2007
(-) Amazon Review Tracker
`The Awesome Egyptians gives you some awful information about phabulous Pharaohs and poverty-stricken peasants - who lived an awesome 5000 years ago!
Want to know:-
which king had the worst blackheads?
why some kings had to wear false beards?
why the peasants were revolting?
Read on to find some foul facts about death and decay, revolting recipes for 3000-year-old sweets, how to make a mean mummy, and some awful Egyptian arithmetic.
History with the nasty bits left in!
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 140 pages, split over 12 chapters:-
Egyptian fact-file
Awesome Egyptian events
Phascinating Pharaohs
The power of the pyramids
The pyramids
The magic of the mummies
The curse of the mummy's tomb
Gruesome grave robbers
The remarkable river
A gallery of gods
Awesome troublesome Egyptians
Live like an Egyptian
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, aided by Peter Hepplewhite - in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown. Great Fun, 26 Feb 2007
I love this little book and have noticed there is another one in the Egyptian series. :-)
It's great fun for adults and children alike. I actually bought this for making my own stationary, and I've had fun doing it.
Excellent packed with information , 23 Oct 2008
A fantastic, informative book, although lacking in religious discourse which formed much of ancient egyptian life. However, a marvellous reference book all the same. Would have been better in a larger format as difficult to read at times. If you only have one book on Egyptology ..., 01 May 2008
If you can only have one book on Egyptology then this is the one. Ian Shaw has gathered together experts to present a generally accepted history of this fascinating period of history. As a student of Egyptology I a significant collection of works; but this is the one that I keep returning to. I've been using it for many years and can vouch for its broad coverage of a complex (and evolving) topic; the depth squeezed into a readable book is surprising.
Standard issue for the student of Egypt, 17 Jul 2007
This was the second book on Egyptian history I brought as an adult. As an academic resource it is probably the definitive introduction to that subject. It runs chronologically from Predynastic up to the end of the Roman Period, offering a brief but accurate and meaningful glance into the reigns of all the Pharaohs and assorted foreign rulers who shaped Egyptian history.
The academic effort that went into this work must have been immense, and it is rightly one of the most important standard texts for all students, or indeed for those who aspire to become one. Indeed this volume now sits, rather well thumbed as a standard reference on my desk.
At first glance the small typeface and crammed approach makes this a slightly daunting work, but it's division into quite separate works on the major periods of Egyptian history (predynastic,old, FIP, middle, SIP, new, TIP, late, Ptolemaic, roman) means you can easily approach this book "a kingdom at a time", a much better way of tackling it, and also make it an excellent book for soaking up intellectually dead time such as commuting, work etc, which is how I approached it.
Whilst this work lacks some of the readability of Tydesley or Gahlin, it is a veritable gold mine of solidly researched history and for anyone interested in serious/mainstream Egyptian history, there really is no better place to start. It also contains a very useful bibliography for digging further into the nitty gritty of particular areas which fascinate you.
You really do need this book... Excellent, 28 Feb 2007
I have been to Egypt, the first time was in 1993, and I made my mind up that I'd like to study Egyptology.
Although in my second year of studying Egyptology, during my first year this was one of my study books I was required to read.
This provides you with a lot of information on different periods of the Ancient Egyptian History, in all it covers 700,000 years.
I found this book informative, interesting and enjoyable to read. Sometimes I had to read a chapter twice for all the information to sink in.
Whether you are studying Egyptology or just want a little more knowledge this is an excellent book.
It makes an excellent edition to my little Egyptian library, which now stands at nearly 1000 books on this subject. :-)
One of the best "short" histories of Egypt, 26 Jan 2007
Well, for one i'd like to stress how well I think the various authors have squeezed an amazing amount of information on all aspects of Egyptian history, culture and religion into comparatively few pages. This book provides an excellent base from which a reader can go about gathering more information. No one book will be sufficient to provide a reader with a thoroughly detailed account of Egyptian history without running into many many volumes. What the authors here do is condense the information into a size that is manageable without being "basic".
As a student of Egyptology under Ian Shaw I have found this book invaluable and have used it as a standard reference work in most essays and also as a background work in revision and its' list of resources at the back is extremely good at pointing me in the direction of other, more thorough works.
All in all I thoroughly recommend it to the student as well as someone with any interest in the ancient Egyptian civilisation.
Best guide to the Valley, 05 Nov 2002
I have been to the Valley of the Kings now about 15-20 times, and for me it is still one of the most powerful and impressive places in the world. When you consider that some of the most powerful men and women were buried here, in a short period, it leaves you in awe.
Previous to reading this book, I had used the John Rohmer book, Valley of the Kings. This is also a good book, but it is not a guide, it is more a historic introduction to the Valley.
For anyone with not a great knowledge of Luxor or ancient Egypt, this is the perfect guide. It assumes no previous knowledge of the history of the area, and explains it well.
The maps and plans are usful, as they can give you an idea of what is there. THE COMPLETE ARMCHAIR TRAVELLER, 21 May 2002
Nicholas and Richard have come up trumps yet again. This dynamic duo has put together a superb piece of work that acts as your passport to "The Valley". With this book in your hands you can almost be there and certainly take in fact after fact without heat, flies and sand. However, for anybody visiting The Valley this has got to be in your rucksack as an aide memoire while you seek out the tombs, burial pits and much more. These well-seasoned writers (Nicholas has written a similar book in this series, The Complete Tutankhamun and Richard the Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt) provide plans of tombs, photographs and have gone into fine detail. For those of you who need a reference work I suggest you take a look, I did and I am very happy thank you. This masterpiece has plenty of detail on the finds in each tomb with oodles of background information. The authors also provide you with guidance on which tombs to visit if you have time constraints. For those of you who like to hear and see another point of view, consider reading 'Guide to the Valley of the Kings' by Alberto Siliotti. Alberto captures the bigger picture with a touch more visual emphasis on tomb layout and wall detail. Both of these books are excellent and I would find it difficult to choose one over the other and resulted in my obtaining both! No Egyptology bookshelf should be without it..., 08 Sep 2000
Any book by Nicholas Reeves is worth reading, and a book by Nicholas Reeves on the Valley of the Kings is a treat indeed. This is a wonderfully-illustrated, updated and more accessible version of Reeves' hard-to-find, hard-to-read and hard-to-afford Valley of the Kings: Decline of a Royal Necropolis. In other words, it's the only book you'll ever need on the Valley of the Kings in general. This book fully delivers on it's titled promise of being complete - every aspect of the Valley and its tombs is covered, and if there's something missing here, I can't find it. Packed with maps, illustrations and photographs, this book is as much a joy to look at as it is to read. Nicholas Reeves has a real passion for the Valley of the Kings and had produced a brilliant and detailed work on its history, excavation, tombs and abandonment. Read it from cover to cover, use it as a (reliable) reference work, dip into it from time to time...however you use this book, you'll enjoy it. In my opinion this is one of the very best generally-available books on Ancient Egypt at the moment.
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Customer Reviews
fun history, 21 Nov 2008
This book helped to get my 8 year old son into reading (he's now 10 and reads a lot). It also gave him historical info and background in a fun way. He's read most of the series and also listens to the CDs. Get the books from your local library. Great stuff! HOT OFF THE PRESS - APRIL 2007 - REPRINTED EDITION with a NEW COVER!, 17 Apr 2007
(-) Amazon Review Tracker
`The Awesome Egyptians gives you some awful information about phabulous Pharaohs and poverty-stricken peasants - who lived an awesome 5000 years ago!
Want to know:-
which king had the worst blackheads?
why some kings had to wear false beards?
why the peasants were revolting?
Read on to find some foul facts about death and decay, revolting recipes for 3000-year-old sweets, how to make a mean mummy, and some awful Egyptian arithmetic.
History with the nasty bits left in!
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 140 pages, split over 12 chapters:-
Egyptian fact-file
Awesome Egyptian events
Phascinating Pharaohs
The power of the pyramids
The pyramids
The magic of the mummies
The curse of the mummy's tomb
Gruesome grave robbers
The remarkable river
A gallery of gods
Awesome troublesome Egyptians
Live like an Egyptian
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, aided by Peter Hepplewhite - in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown. Great Fun, 26 Feb 2007
I love this little book and have noticed there is another one in the Egyptian series. :-)
It's great fun for adults and children alike. I actually bought this for making my own stationary, and I've had fun doing it.
Excellent packed with information , 23 Oct 2008
A fantastic, informative book, although lacking in religious discourse which formed much of ancient egyptian life. However, a marvellous reference book all the same. Would have been better in a larger format as difficult to read at times. If you only have one book on Egyptology ..., 01 May 2008
If you can only have one book on Egyptology then this is the one. Ian Shaw has gathered together experts to present a generally accepted history of this fascinating period of history. As a student of Egyptology I a significant collection of works; but this is the one that I keep returning to. I've been using it for many years and can vouch for its broad coverage of a complex (and evolving) topic; the depth squeezed into a readable book is surprising.
Standard issue for the student of Egypt, 17 Jul 2007
This was the second book on Egyptian history I brought as an adult. As an academic resource it is probably the definitive introduction to that subject. It runs chronologically from Predynastic up to the end of the Roman Period, offering a brief but accurate and meaningful glance into the reigns of all the Pharaohs and assorted foreign rulers who shaped Egyptian history.
The academic effort that went into this work must have been immense, and it is rightly one of the most important standard texts for all students, or indeed for those who aspire to become one. Indeed this volume now sits, rather well thumbed as a standard reference on my desk.
At first glance the small typeface and crammed approach makes this a slightly daunting work, but it's division into quite separate works on the major periods of Egyptian history (predynastic,old, FIP, middle, SIP, new, TIP, late, Ptolemaic, roman) means you can easily approach this book "a kingdom at a time", a much better way of tackling it, and also make it an excellent book for soaking up intellectually dead time such as commuting, work etc, which is how I approached it.
Whilst this work lacks some of the readability of Tydesley or Gahlin, it is a veritable gold mine of solidly researched history and for anyone interested in serious/mainstream Egyptian history, there really is no better place to start. It also contains a very useful bibliography for digging further into the nitty gritty of particular areas which fascinate you.
You really do need this book... Excellent, 28 Feb 2007
I have been to Egypt, the first time was in 1993, and I made my mind up that I'd like to study Egyptology.
Although in my second year of studying Egyptology, during my first year this was one of my study books I was required to read.
This provides you with a lot of information on different periods of the Ancient Egyptian History, in all it covers 700,000 years.
I found this book informative, interesting and enjoyable to read. Sometimes I had to read a chapter twice for all the information to sink in.
Whether you are studying Egyptology or just want a little more knowledge this is an excellent book.
It makes an excellent edition to my little Egyptian library, which now stands at nearly 1000 books on this subject. :-)
One of the best "short" histories of Egypt, 26 Jan 2007
Well, for one i'd like to stress how well I think the various authors have squeezed an amazing amount of information on all aspects of Egyptian history, culture and religion into comparatively few pages. This book provides an excellent base from which a reader can go about gathering more information. No one book will be sufficient to provide a reader with a thoroughly detailed account of Egyptian history without running into many many volumes. What the authors here do is condense the information into a size that is manageable without being "basic".
As a student of Egyptology under Ian Shaw I have found this book invaluable and have used it as a standard reference work in most essays and also as a background work in revision and its' list of resources at the back is extremely good at pointing me in the direction of other, more thorough works.
All in all I thoroughly recommend it to the student as well as someone with any interest in the ancient Egyptian civilisation.
Best guide to the Valley, 05 Nov 2002
I have been to the Valley of the Kings now about 15-20 times, and for me it is still one of the most powerful and impressive places in the world. When you consider that some of the most powerful men and women were buried here, in a short period, it leaves you in awe.
Previous to reading this book, I had used the John Rohmer book, Valley of the Kings. This is also a good book, but it is not a guide, it is more a historic introduction to the Valley.
For anyone with not a great knowledge of Luxor or ancient Egypt, this is the perfect guide. It assumes no previous knowledge of the history of the area, and explains it well.
The maps and plans are usful, as they can give you an idea of what is there. THE COMPLETE ARMCHAIR TRAVELLER, 21 May 2002
Nicholas and Richard have come up trumps yet again. This dynamic duo has put together a superb piece of work that acts as your passport to "The Valley". With this book in your hands you can almost be there and certainly take in fact after fact without heat, flies and sand. However, for anybody visiting The Valley this has got to be in your rucksack as an aide memoire while you seek out the tombs, burial pits and much more. These well-seasoned writers (Nicholas has written a similar book in this series, The Complete Tutankhamun and Richard the Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt) provide plans of tombs, photographs and have gone into fine detail. For those of you who need a reference work I suggest you take a look, I did and I am very happy thank you. This masterpiece has plenty of detail on the finds in each tomb with oodles of background information. The authors also provide you with guidance on which tombs to visit if you have time constraints. For those of you who like to hear and see another point of view, consider reading 'Guide to the Valley of the Kings' by Alberto Siliotti. Alberto captures the bigger picture with a touch more visual emphasis on tomb layout and wall detail. Both of these books are excellent and I would find it difficult to choose one over the other and resulted in my obtaining both! No Egyptology bookshelf should be without it..., 08 Sep 2000
Any book by Nicholas Reeves is worth reading, and a book by Nicholas Reeves on the Valley of the Kings is a treat indeed. This is a wonderfully-illustrated, updated and more accessible version of Reeves' hard-to-find, hard-to-read and hard-to-afford Valley of the Kings: Decline of a Royal Necropolis. In other words, it's the only book you'll ever need on the Valley of the Kings in general. This book fully delivers on it's titled promise of being complete - every aspect of the Valley and its tombs is covered, and if there's something missing here, I can't find it. Packed with maps, illustrations and photographs, this book is as much a joy to look at as it is to read. Nicholas Reeves has a real passion for the Valley of the Kings and had produced a brilliant and detailed work on its history, excavation, tombs and abandonment. Read it from cover to cover, use it as a (reliable) reference work, dip into it from time to time...however you use this book, you'll enjoy it. In my opinion this is one of the very best generally-available books on Ancient Egypt at the moment.
Spectacularly amazing! A jewel to behold!, 09 Mar 2002
Of all the encyclopedias and information books that I have ever read and re-read, this is the brightest most beautiful book I have ever laid my eyes on. To be in truth it really is a jewel to behold! It is as colourful as the ancient culture itself! It explains everything you'd ever need to know about Ancient Egypt and complete with the internet links (which expand the book's fields of information even further), it explains everything in a simple and down to earth way.
This book opens up new areas of dead useful information never before explored with extraordinary graphics, all in a nutshell!
A treasure forever! Please go on and read it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Customer Reviews
fun history, 21 Nov 2008
This book helped to get my 8 year old son into reading (he's now 10 and reads a lot). It also gave him historical info and background in a fun way. He's read most of the series and also listens to the CDs. Get the books from your local library. Great stuff! HOT OFF THE PRESS - APRIL 2007 - REPRINTED EDITION with a NEW COVER!, 17 Apr 2007
(-) Amazon Review Tracker
`The Awesome Egyptians gives you some awful information about phabulous Pharaohs and poverty-stricken peasants - who lived an awesome 5000 years ago!
Want to know:-
which king had the worst blackheads?
why some kings had to wear false beards?
why the peasants were revolting?
Read on to find some foul facts about death and decay, revolting recipes for 3000-year-old sweets, how to make a mean mummy, and some awful Egyptian arithmetic.
History with the nasty bits left in!
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 140 pages, split over 12 chapters:-
Egyptian fact-file
Awesome Egyptian events
Phascinating Pharaohs
The power of the pyramids
The pyramids
The magic of the mummies
The curse of the mummy's tomb
Gruesome grave robbers
The remarkable river
A gallery of gods
Awesome troublesome Egyptians
Live like an Egyptian
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, aided by Peter Hepplewhite - in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown. Great Fun, 26 Feb 2007
I love this little book and have noticed there is another one in the Egyptian series. :-)
It's great fun for adults and children alike. I actually bought this for making my own stationary, and I've had fun doing it.
Excellent packed with information , 23 Oct 2008
A fantastic, informative book, although lacking in religious discourse which formed much of ancient egyptian life. However, a marvellous reference book all the same. Would have been better in a larger format as difficult to read at times. If you only have one book on Egyptology ..., 01 May 2008
If you can only have one book on Egyptology then this is the one. Ian Shaw has gathered together experts to present a generally accepted history of this fascinating period of history. As a student of Egyptology I a significant collection of works; but this is the one that I keep returning to. I've been using it for many years and can vouch for its broad coverage of a complex (and evolving) topic; the depth squeezed into a readable book is surprising.
Standard issue for the student of Egypt, 17 Jul 2007
This was the second book on Egyptian history I brought as an adult. As an academic resource it is probably the definitive introduction to that subject. It runs chronologically from Predynastic up to the end of the Roman Period, offering a brief but accurate and meaningful glance into the reigns of all the Pharaohs and assorted foreign rulers who shaped Egyptian history.
The academic effort that went into this work must have been immense, and it is rightly one of the most important standard texts for all students, or indeed for those who aspire to become one. Indeed this volume now sits, rather well thumbed as a standard reference on my desk.
At first glance the small typeface and crammed approach makes this a slightly daunting work, but it's division into quite separate works on the major periods of Egyptian history (predynastic,old, FIP, middle, SIP, new, TIP, late, Ptolemaic, roman) means you can easily approach this book "a kingdom at a time", a much better way of tackling it, and also make it an excellent book for soaking up intellectually dead time such as commuting, work etc, which is how I approached it.
Whilst this work lacks some of the readability of Tydesley or Gahlin, it is a veritable gold mine of solidly researched history and for anyone interested in serious/mainstream Egyptian history, there really is no better place to start. It also contains a very useful bibliography for digging further into the nitty gritty of particular areas which fascinate you.
You really do need this book... Excellent, 28 Feb 2007
I have been to Egypt, the first time was in 1993, and I made my mind up that I'd like to study Egyptology.
Although in my second year of studying Egyptology, during my first year this was one of my study books I was required to read.
This provides you with a lot of information on different periods of the Ancient Egyptian History, in all it covers 700,000 years.
I found this book informative, interesting and enjoyable to read. Sometimes I had to read a chapter twice for all the information to sink in.
Whether you are studying Egyptology or just want a little more knowledge this is an excellent book.
It makes an excellent edition to my little Egyptian library, which now stands at nearly 1000 books on this subject. :-)
One of the best "short" histories of Egypt, 26 Jan 2007
Well, for one i'd like to stress how well I think the various authors have squeezed an amazing amount of information on all aspects of Egyptian history, culture and religion into comparatively few pages. This book provides an excellent base from which a reader can go about gathering more information. No one book will be sufficient to provide a reader with a thoroughly detailed account of Egyptian history without running into many many volumes. What the authors here do is condense the information into a size that is manageable without being "basic".
As a student of Egyptology under Ian Shaw I have found this book invaluable and have used it as a standard reference work in most essays and also as a background work in revision and its' list of resources at the back is extremely good at pointing me in the direction of other, more thorough works.
All in all I thoroughly recommend it to the student as well as someone with any interest in the ancient Egyptian civilisation.
Best guide to the Valley, 05 Nov 2002
I have been to the Valley of the Kings now about 15-20 times, and for me it is still one of the most powerful and impressive places in the world. When you consider that some of the most powerful men and women were buried here, in a short period, it leaves you in awe.
Previous to reading this book, I had used the John Rohmer book, Valley of the Kings. This is also a good book, but it is not a guide, it is more a historic introduction to the Valley.
For anyone with not a great knowledge of Luxor or ancient Egypt, this is the perfect guide. It assumes no previous knowledge of the history of the area, and explains it well.
The maps and plans are usful, as they can give you an idea of what is there. THE COMPLETE ARMCHAIR TRAVELLER, 21 May 2002
Nicholas and Richard have come up trumps yet again. This dynamic duo has put together a superb piece of work that acts as your passport to "The Valley". With this book in your hands you can almost be there and certainly take in fact after fact without heat, flies and sand. However, for anybody visiting The Valley this has got to be in your rucksack as an aide memoire while you seek out the tombs, burial pits and much more. These well-seasoned writers (Nicholas has written a similar book in this series, The Complete Tutankhamun and Richard the Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt) provide plans of tombs, photographs and have gone into fine detail. For those of you who need a reference work I suggest you take a look, I did and I am very happy thank you. This masterpiece has plenty of detail on the finds in each tomb with oodles of background information. The authors also provide you with guidance on which tombs to visit if you have time constraints. For those of you who like to hear and see another point of view, consider reading 'Guide to the Valley of the Kings' by Alberto Siliotti. Alberto captures the bigger picture with a touch more visual emphasis on tomb layout and wall detail. Both of these books are excellent and I would find it difficult to choose one over the other and resulted in my obtaining both! No Egyptology bookshelf should be without it..., 08 Sep 2000
Any book by Nicholas Reeves is worth reading, and a book by Nicholas Reeves on the Valley of the Kings is a treat indeed. This is a wonderfully-illustrated, updated and more accessible version of Reeves' hard-to-find, hard-to-read and hard-to-afford Valley of the Kings: Decline of a Royal Necropolis. In other words, it's the only book you'll ever need on the Valley of the Kings in general. This book fully delivers on it's titled promise of being complete - every aspect of the Valley and its tombs is covered, and if there's something missing here, I can't find it. Packed with maps, illustrations and photographs, this book is as much a joy to look at as it is to read. Nicholas Reeves has a real passion for the Valley of the Kings and had produced a brilliant and detailed work on its history, excavation, tombs and abandonment. Read it from cover to cover, use it as a (reliable) reference work, dip into it from time to time...however you use this book, you'll enjoy it. In my opinion this is one of the very best generally-available books on Ancient Egypt at the moment.
Spectacularly amazing! A jewel to behold!, 09 Mar 2002
Of all the encyclopedias and information books that I have ever read and re-read, this is the brightest most beautiful book I have ever laid my eyes on. To be in truth it really is a jewel to behold! It is as colourful as the ancient culture itself! It explains everything you'd ever need to know about Ancient Egypt and complete with the internet links (which expand the book's fields of information even further), it explains everything in a simple and down to earth way.
This book opens up new areas of dead useful information never before explored with extraordinary graphics, all in a nutshell!
A treasure forever! Please go on and read it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 24 May 2003
On opening the cover of this Book,I little realised it would be so hard to put down again, seduced by lavish illustrations and a very understandable format of what is after all a very diverse, though interesting subject, yes there are many other books on the market covering this subject, we can all argue about Egyptian religion,but I feel this book is a sound fountation for anybody with that initial interest in this subject,It makes a worthy addition to the rest of the Thames and Hudson series, if you only ever buy one book on Egyptian religion look no further
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Customer Reviews
fun history, 21 Nov 2008
This book helped to get my 8 year old son into reading (he's now 10 and reads a lot). It also gave him historical info and background in a fun way. He's read most of the series and also listens to the CDs. Get the books from your local library. Great stuff! HOT OFF THE PRESS - APRIL 2007 - REPRINTED EDITION with a NEW COVER!, 17 Apr 2007
(-) Amazon Review Tracker
`The Awesome Egyptians gives you some awful information about phabulous Pharaohs and poverty-stricken peasants - who lived an awesome 5000 years ago!
Want to know:-
which king had the worst blackheads?
why some kings had to wear false beards?
why the peasants were revolting?
Read on to find some foul facts about death and decay, revolting recipes for 3000-year-old sweets, how to make a mean mummy, and some awful Egyptian arithmetic.
History with the nasty bits left in!
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 140 pages, split over 12 chapters:-
Egyptian fact-file
Awesome Egyptian events
Phascinating Pharaohs
The power of the pyramids
The pyramids
The magic of the mummies
The curse of the mummy's tomb
Gruesome grave robbers
The remarkable river
A gallery of gods
Awesome troublesome Egyptians
Live like an Egyptian
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, aided by Peter Hepplewhite - in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown. Great Fun, 26 Feb 2007
I love this little book and have noticed there is another one in the Egyptian series. :-)
It's great fun for adults and children alike. I actually bought this for making my own stationary, and I've had fun doing it.
Excellent packed with information , 23 Oct 2008
A fantastic, informative book, although lacking in religious discourse which formed much of ancient egyptian life. However, a marvellous reference book all the same. Would have been better in a larger format as difficult to read at times. If you only have one book on Egyptology ..., 01 May 2008
If you can only have one book on Egyptology then this is the one. Ian Shaw has gathered together experts to present a generally accepted history of this fascinating period of history. As a student of Egyptology I a significant collection of works; but this is the one that I keep returning to. I've been using it for many years and can vouch for its broad coverage of a complex (and evolving) topic; the depth squeezed into a readable book is surprising.
Standard issue for the student of Egypt, 17 Jul 2007
This was the second book on Egyptian history I brought as an adult. As an academic resource it is probably the definitive introduction to that subject. It runs chronologically from Predynastic up to the end of the Roman Period, offering a brief but accurate and meaningful glance into the reigns of all the Pharaohs and assorted foreign rulers who shaped Egyptian history.
The academic effort that went into this work must have been immense, and it is rightly one of the most important standard texts for all students, or indeed for those who aspire to become one. Indeed this volume now sits, rather well thumbed as a standard reference on my desk.
At first glance the small typeface and crammed approach makes this a slightly daunting work, but it's division into quite separate works on the major periods of Egyptian history (predynastic,old, FIP, middle, SIP, new, TIP, late, Ptolemaic, roman) means you can easily approach this book "a kingdom at a time", a much better way of tackling it, and also make it an excellent book for soaking up intellectually dead time such as commuting, work etc, which is how I approached it.
Whilst this work lacks some of the readability of Tydesley or Gahlin, it is a veritable gold mine of solidly researched history and for anyone interested in serious/mainstream Egyptian history, there really is no better place to start. It also contains a very useful bibliography for digging further into the nitty gritty of particular areas which fascinate you.
You really do need this book... Excellent, 28 Feb 2007
I have been to Egypt, the first time was in 1993, and I made my mind up that I'd like to study Egyptology.
Although in my second year of studying Egyptology, during my first year this was one of my study books I was required to read.
This provides you with a lot of information on different periods of the Ancient Egyptian History, in all it covers 700,000 years.
I found this book informative, interesting and enjoyable to read. Sometimes I had to read a chapter twice for all the information to sink in.
Whether you are studying Egyptology or just want a little more knowledge this is an excellent book.
It makes an excellent edition to my little Egyptian library, which now stands at nearly 1000 books on this subject. :-)
One of the best "short" histories of Egypt, 26 Jan 2007
Well, for one i'd like to stress how well I think the various authors have squeezed an amazing amount of information on all aspects of Egyptian history, culture and religion into comparatively few pages. This book provides an excellent base from which a reader can go about gathering more information. No one book will be sufficient to provide a reader with a thoroughly detailed account of Egyptian history without running into many many volumes. What the authors here do is condense the information into a size that is manageable without being "basic".
As a student of Egyptology under Ian Shaw I have found this book invaluable and have used it as a standard reference work in most essays and also as a background work in revision and its' list of resources at the back is extremely good at pointing me in the direction of other, more thorough works.
All in all I thoroughly recommend it to the student as well as someone with any interest in the ancient Egyptian civilisation.
Best guide to the Valley, 05 Nov 2002
I have been to the Valley of the Kings now about 15-20 times, and for me it is still one of the most powerful and impressive places in the world. When you consider that some of the most powerful men and women were buried here, in a short period, it leaves you in awe.
Previous to reading this book, I had used the John Rohmer book, Valley of the Kings. This is also a good book, but it is not a guide, it is more a historic introduction to the Valley.
For anyone with not a great knowledge of Luxor or ancient Egypt, this is the perfect guide. It assumes no previous knowledge of the history of the area, and explains it well.
The maps and plans are usful, as they can give you an idea of what is there. THE COMPLETE ARMCHAIR TRAVELLER, 21 May 2002
Nicholas and Richard have come up trumps yet again. This dynamic duo has put together a superb piece of work that acts as your passport to "The Valley". With this book in your hands you can almost be there and certainly take in fact after fact without heat, flies and sand. However, for anybody visiting The Valley this has got to be in your rucksack as an aide memoire while you seek out the tombs, burial pits and much more. These well-seasoned writers (Nicholas has written a similar book in this series, The Complete Tutankhamun and Richard the Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt) provide plans of tombs, photographs and have gone into fine detail. For those of you who need a reference work I suggest you take a look, I did and I am very happy thank you. This masterpiece has plenty of detail on the finds in each tomb with oodles of background information. The authors also provide you with guidance on which tombs to visit if you have time constraints. For those of you who like to hear and see another point of view, consider reading 'Guide to the Valley of the Kings' by Alberto Siliotti. Alberto captures the bigger picture with a touch more visual emphasis on tomb layout and wall detail. Both of these books are excellent and I would find it difficult to choose one over the other and resulted in my obtaining both! No Egyptology bookshelf should be without it..., 08 Sep 2000
Any book by Nicholas Reeves is worth reading, and a book by Nicholas Reeves on the Valley of the Kings is a treat indeed. This is a wonderfully-illustrated, updated and more accessible version of Reeves' hard-to-find, hard-to-read and hard-to-afford Valley of the Kings: Decline of a Royal Necropolis. In other words, it's the only book you'll ever need on the Valley of the Kings in general. This book fully delivers on it's titled promise of being complete - every aspect of the Valley and its tombs is covered, and if there's something missing here, I can't find it. Packed with maps, illustrations and photographs, this book is as much a joy to look at as it is to read. Nicholas Reeves has a real passion for the Valley of the Kings and had produced a brilliant and detailed work on its history, excavation, tombs and abandonment. Read it from cover to cover, use it as a (reliable) reference work, dip into it from time to time...however you use this book, you'll enjoy it. In my opinion this is one of the very best generally-available books on Ancient Egypt at the moment.
Spectacularly amazing! A jewel to behold!, 09 Mar 2002
Of all the encyclopedias and information books that I have ever read and re-read, this is the brightest most beautiful book I have ever laid my eyes on. To be in truth it really is a jewel to behold! It is as colourful as the ancient culture itself! It explains everything you'd ever need to know about Ancient Egypt and complete with the internet links (which expand the book's fields of information even further), it explains everything in a simple and down to earth way.
This book opens up new areas of dead useful information never before explored with extraordinary graphics, all in a nutshell!
A treasure forever! Please go on and read it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 24 May 2003
On opening the cover of this Book,I little realised it would be so hard to put down again, seduced by lavish illustrations and a very understandable format of what is after all a very diverse, though interesting subject, yes there are many other books on the market covering this subject, we can all argue about Egyptian religion,but I feel this book is a sound fountation for anybody with that initial interest in this subject,It makes a worthy addition to the rest of the Thames and Hudson series, if you only ever buy one book on Egyptian religion look no further
Very Good, 15 Aug 2008
I recently bought this product for my eleven year old daughter and she loves it. I myself, could not stop looking at the intricate pictures and flaps. I do feel though that its predecessor, Egyptology: Search For the Tomb of Osiris is just the bit more beautiful but a stunning read, nonetheless!
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Customer Reviews
fun history, 21 Nov 2008
This book helped to get my 8 year old son into reading (he's now 10 and reads a lot). It also gave him historical info and background in a fun way. He's read most of the series and also listens to the CDs. Get the books from your local library. Great stuff! HOT OFF THE PRESS - APRIL 2007 - REPRINTED EDITION with a NEW COVER!, 17 Apr 2007
(-) Amazon Review Tracker
`The Awesome Egyptians gives you some awful information about phabulous Pharaohs and poverty-stricken peasants - who lived an awesome 5000 years ago!
Want to know:-
which king had the worst blackheads?
why some kings had to wear false beards?
why the peasants were revolting?
Read on to find some foul facts about death and decay, revolting recipes for 3000-year-old sweets, how to make a mean mummy, and some awful Egyptian arithmetic.
History with the nasty bits left in!
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 140 pages, split over 12 chapters:-
Egyptian fact-file
Awesome Egyptian events
Phascinating Pharaohs
The power of the pyramids
The pyramids
The magic of the mummies
The curse of the mummy's tomb
Gruesome grave robbers
The remarkable river
A gallery of gods
Awesome troublesome Egyptians
Live like an Egyptian
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, aided by Peter Hepplewhite - in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown. Great Fun, 26 Feb 2007
I love this little book and have noticed there is another one in the Egyptian series. :-)
It's great fun for adults and children alike. I actually bought this for making my own stationary, and I've had fun doing it.
Excellent packed with information , 23 Oct 2008
A fantastic, informative book, although lacking in religious discourse which formed much of ancient egyptian life. However, a marvellous reference book all the same. Would have been better in a larger format as difficult to read at times. If you only have one book on Egyptology ..., 01 May 2008
If you can only have one book on Egyptology then this is the one. Ian Shaw has gathered together experts to present a generally accepted history of this fascinating period of history. As a student of Egyptology I a significant collection of works; but this is the one that I keep returning to. I've been using it for many years and can vouch for its broad coverage of a complex (and evolving) topic; the depth squeezed into a readable book is surprising.
Standard issue for the student of Egypt, 17 Jul 2007
This was the second book on Egyptian history I brought as an adult. As an academic resource it is probably the definitive introduction to that subject. It runs chronologically from Predynastic up to the end of the Roman Period, offering a brief but accurate and meaningful glance into the reigns of all the Pharaohs and assorted foreign rulers who shaped Egyptian history.
The academic effort that went into this work must have been immense, and it is rightly one of the most important standard texts for all students, or indeed for those who aspire to become one. Indeed this volume now sits, rather well thumbed as a standard reference on my desk.
At first glance the small typeface and crammed approach makes this a slightly daunting work, but it's division into quite separate works on the major periods of Egyptian history (predynastic,old, FIP, middle, SIP, new, TIP, late, Ptolemaic, roman) means you can easily approach this book "a kingdom at a time", a much better way of tackling it, and also make it an excellent book for soaking up intellectually dead time such as commuting, work etc, which is how I approached it.
Whilst this work lacks some of the readability of Tydesley or Gahlin, it is a veritable gold mine of solidly researched history and for anyone interested in serious/mainstream Egyptian history, there really is no better place to start. It also contains a very useful bibliography for digging further into the nitty gritty of particular areas which fascinate you.
You really do need this book... Excellent, 28 Feb 2007
I have been to Egypt, the first time was in 1993, and I made my mind up that I'd like to study Egyptology.
Although in my second year of studying Egyptology, during my first year this was one of my study books I was required to read.
This provides you with a lot of information on different periods of the Ancient Egyptian History, in all it covers 700,000 years.
I found this book informative, interesting and enjoyable to read. Sometimes I had to read a chapter twice for all the information to sink in.
Whether you are studying Egyptology or just want a little more knowledge this is an excellent book.
It makes an excellent edition to my little Egyptian library, which now stands at nearly 1000 books on this subject. :-)
One of the best "short" histories of Egypt, 26 Jan 2007
Well, for one i'd like to stress how well I think the various authors have squeezed an amazing amount of information on all aspects of Egyptian history, culture and religion into comparatively few pages. This book provides an excellent base from which a reader can go about gathering more information. No one book will be sufficient to provide a reader with a thoroughly detailed account of Egyptian history without running into many many volumes. What the authors here do is condense the information into a size that is manageable without being "basic".
As a student of Egyptology under Ian Shaw I have found this book invaluable and have used it as a standard reference work in most essays and also as a background work in revision and its' list of resources at the back is extremely good at pointing me in the direction of other, more thorough works.
All in all I thoroughly recommend it to the student as well as someone with any interest in the ancient Egyptian civilisation.
Best guide to the Valley, 05 Nov 2002
I have been to the Valley of the Kings now about 15-20 times, and for me it is still one of the most powerful and impressive places in the world. When you consider that some of the most powerful men and women were buried here, in a short period, it leaves you in awe.
Previous to reading this book, I had used the John Rohmer book, Valley of the Kings. This is also a good book, but it is not a guide, it is more a historic introduction to the Valley.
For anyone with not a great knowledge of Luxor or ancient Egypt, this is the perfect guide. It assumes no previous knowledge of the history of the area, and explains it well.
The maps and plans are usful, as they can give you an idea of what is there. THE COMPLETE ARMCHAIR TRAVELLER, 21 May 2002
Nicholas and Richard have come up trumps yet again. This dynamic duo has put together a superb piece of work that acts as your passport to "The Valley". With this book in your hands you can almost be there and certainly take in fact after fact without heat, flies and sand. However, for anybody visiting The Valley this has got to be in your rucksack as an aide memoire while you seek out the tombs, burial pits and much more. These well-seasoned writers (Nicholas has written a similar book in this series, The Complete Tutankhamun and Richard the Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt) provide plans of tombs, photographs and have gone into fine detail. For those of you who need a reference work I suggest you take a look, I did and I am very happy thank you. This masterpiece has plenty of detail on the finds in each tomb with oodles of background information. The authors also provide you with guidance on which tombs to visit if you have time constraints. For those of you who like to hear and see another point of view, consider reading 'Guide to the Valley of the Kings' by Alberto Siliotti. Alberto captures the bigger picture with a touch more visual emphasis on tomb layout and wall detail. Both of these books are excellent and I would find it difficult to choose one over the other and resulted in my obtaining both! No Egyptology bookshelf should be without it..., 08 Sep 2000
Any book by Nicholas Reeves is worth reading, and a book by Nicholas Reeves on the Valley of the Kings is a treat indeed. This is a wonderfully-illustrated, updated and more accessible version of Reeves' hard-to-find, hard-to-read and hard-to-afford Valley of the Kings: Decline of a Royal Necropolis. In other words, it's the only book you'll ever need on the Valley of the Kings in general. This book fully delivers on it's titled promise of being complete - every aspect of the Valley and its tombs is covered, and if there's something missing here, I can't find it. Packed with maps, illustrations and photographs, this book is as much a joy to look at as it is to read. Nicholas Reeves has a real passion for the Valley of the Kings and had produced a brilliant and detailed work on its history, excavation, tombs and abandonment. Read it from cover to cover, use it as a (reliable) reference work, dip into it from time to time...however you use this book, you'll enjoy it. In my opinion this is one of the very best generally-available books on Ancient Egypt at the moment.
Spectacularly amazing! A jewel to behold!, 09 Mar 2002
Of all the encyclopedias and information books that I have ever read and re-read, this is the brightest most beautiful book I have ever laid my eyes on. To be in truth it really is a jewel to behold! It is as colourful as the ancient culture itself! It explains everything you'd ever need to know about Ancient Egypt and complete with the internet links (which expand the book's fields of information even further), it explains everything in a simple and down to earth way.
This book opens up new areas of dead useful information never before explored with extraordinary graphics, all in a nutshell!
A treasure forever! Please go on and read it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 24 May 2003
On opening the cover of this Book,I little realised it would be so hard to put down again, seduced by lavish illustrations and a very understandable format of what is after all a very diverse, though interesting subject, yes there are many other books on the market covering this subject, we can all argue about Egyptian religion,but I feel this book is a sound fountation for anybody with that initial interest in this subject,It makes a worthy addition to the rest of the Thames and Hudson series, if you only ever buy one book on Egyptian religion look no further
Very Good, 15 Aug 2008
I recently bought this product for my eleven year old daughter and she loves it. I myself, could not stop looking at the intricate pictures and flaps. I do feel though that its predecessor, Egyptology: Search For the Tomb of Osiris is just the bit more beautiful but a stunning read, nonetheless!
Better value than from the exhibition!, 23 Jan 2008
If you have been to or going to the exhibition at the 02 this is basically the identical book (same ISBN) as they are selling in the gift shop for £35.00. The only difference is that the Amazon one does not have the Omar Sharif audio disk included and it has a different slipcover. In my opinion the audio is great when you are actually walking round the exhibition but standalone it is of no great shakes. This book is a great souvenir of the exhibition, maybe not the most educational but beautifully photographed, would grace any coffee table! Save your cash go to the exhibition and buy the book on line!
great! ...but a little limited, 03 Dec 2007
i bought this for my girlfriend for an extra christmas present. although i am yet to delve in properly, it has a great collection of images and the text is easy to read, broken down well and complimented by maps of burial sites etc. the only faults i can bring up, are that the information about tutunkhamun himself is a bit limited and most of the book describes of the treasures found. still an interesting read and what there is of a high quality, especially the photos which are highly detailed.
i only spent 14.99 on this elsewhere other than amazon, so it's well worth the money spent. hence why the 5 stars :)
No more please!, 09 Nov 2007
Does Zahi Hawass really write this stuff? I thought he was an Egyptologist with a job to do. Instead his name is on every flippin' book and documentary coming out of Egypt -- he is a one-man self-publicizing campaign. And the text is no good anyway, though the pictures, taken by somebody else, are OK.
Glossy and Superficial, 05 Nov 2007
This is a glossy and superficial book which makes an OK souvenir, and the sort of thing to have on hand when you spend time in the loo.
fantastic photos, 23 Jul 2007
This is a wonderful book packed with sumptuous photographs - most of them a whole page in size so you can really see all the details of the artifacts. I also thought the information was imparted in an easy-to-read way. This is a big beautiful book - well worth the money.
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Customer Reviews
fun history, 21 Nov 2008
This book helped to get my 8 year old son into reading (he's now 10 and reads a lot). It also gave him historical info and background in a fun way. He's read most of the series and also listens to the CDs. Get the books from your local library. Great stuff! HOT OFF THE PRESS - APRIL 2007 - REPRINTED EDITION with a NEW COVER!, 17 Apr 2007
(-) Amazon Review Tracker
`The Awesome Egyptians gives you some awful information about phabulous Pharaohs and poverty-stricken peasants - who lived an awesome 5000 years ago!
Want to know:-
which king had the worst blackheads?
why some kings had to wear false beards?
why the peasants were revolting?
Read on to find some foul facts about death and decay, revolting recipes for 3000-year-old sweets, how to make a mean mummy, and some awful Egyptian arithmetic.
History with the nasty bits left in!
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 140 pages, split over 12 chapters:-
Egyptian fact-file
Awesome Egyptian events
Phascinating Pharaohs
The power of the pyramids
The pyramids
The magic of the mummies
The curse of the mummy's tomb
Gruesome grave robbers
The remarkable river
A gallery of gods
Awesome troublesome Egyptians
Live like an Egyptian
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, aided by Peter Hepplewhite - in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown. Great Fun, 26 Feb 2007
I love this little book and have noticed there is another one in the Egyptian series. :-)
It's great fun for adults and children alike. I actually bought this for making my own stationary, and I've had fun doing it.
Excellent packed with information , 23 Oct 2008
A fantastic, informative book, although lacking in religious discourse which formed much of ancient egyptian life. However, a marvellous reference book all the same. Would have been better in a larger format as difficult to read at times. If you only have one book on Egyptology ..., 01 May 2008
If you can only have one book on Egyptology then this is the one. Ian Shaw has gathered together experts to present a generally accepted history of this fascinating period of history. As a student of Egyptology I a significant collection of works; but this is the one that I keep returning to. I've been using it for many years and can vouch for its broad coverage of a complex (and evolving) topic; the depth squeezed into a readable book is surprising.
Standard issue for the student of Egypt, 17 Jul 2007
This was the second book on Egyptian history I brought as an adult. As an academic resource it is probably the definitive introduction to that subject. It runs chronologically from Predynastic up to the end of the Roman Period, offering a brief but accurate and meaningful glance into the reigns of all the Pharaohs and assorted foreign rulers who shaped Egyptian history.
The academic effort that went into this work must have been immense, and it is rightly one of the most important standard texts for all students, or indeed for those who aspire to become one. Indeed this volume now sits, rather well thumbed as a standard reference on my desk.
At first glance the small typeface and crammed approach makes this a slightly daunting work, but it's division into quite separate works on the major periods of Egyptian history (predynastic,old, FIP, middle, SIP, new, TIP, late, Ptolemaic, roman) means you can easily approach this book "a kingdom at a time", a much better way of tackling it, and also make it an excellent book for soaking up intellectually dead time such as commuting, work etc, which is how I approached it.
Whilst this work lacks some of the readability of Tydesley or Gahlin, it is a veritable gold mine of solidly researched history and for anyone interested in serious/mainstream Egyptian history, there really is no better place to start. It also contains a very useful bibliography for digging further into the nitty gritty of particular areas which fascinate you.
You really do need this book... Excellent, 28 Feb 2007
I have been to Egypt, the first time was in 1993, and I made my mind up that I'd like to study Egyptology.
Although in my second year of studying Egyptology, during my first year this was one of my study books I was required to read.
This provides you with a lot of information on different periods of the Ancient Egyptian History, in all it covers 700,000 years.
I found this book informative, interesting and enjoyable to read. Sometimes I had to read a chapter twice for all the information to sink in.
Whether you are studying Egyptology or just want a little more knowledge this is an excellent book.
It makes an excellent edition to my little Egyptian library, which now stands at nearly 1000 books on this subject. :-)
One of the best "short" histories of Egypt, 26 Jan 2007
Well, for one i'd like to stress how well I think the various authors have squeezed an amazing amount of information on all aspects of Egyptian history, culture and religion into comparatively few pages. This book provides an excellent base from which a reader can go about gathering more information. No one book will be sufficient to provide a reader with a thoroughly detailed account of Egyptian history without running into many many volumes. What the authors here do is condense the information into a size that is manageable without being "basic".
As a student of Egyptology under Ian Shaw I have found this book invaluable and have used it as a standard reference work in most essays and also as a background work in revision and its' list of resources at the back is extremely good at pointing me in the direction of other, more thorough works.
All in all I thoroughly recommend it to the student as well as someone with any interest in the ancient Egyptian civilisation.
Best guide to the Valley, 05 Nov 2002
I have been to the Valley of the Kings now about 15-20 times, and for me it is still one of the most powerful and impressive places in the world. When you consider that some of the most powerful men and women were buried here, in a short period, it leaves you in awe.
Previous to reading this book, I had used the John Rohmer book, Valley of the Kings. This is also a good book, but it is not a guide, it is more a historic introduction to the Valley.
For anyone with not a great knowledge of Luxor or ancient Egypt, this is the perfect guide. It assumes no previous knowledge of the history of the area, and explains it well.
The maps and plans are usful, as they can give you an idea of what is there. THE COMPLETE ARMCHAIR TRAVELLER, 21 May 2002
Nicholas and Richard have come up trumps yet again. This dynamic duo has put together a superb piece of work that acts as your passport to "The Valley". With this book in your hands you can almost be there and certainly take in fact after fact without heat, flies and sand. However, for anybody visiting The Valley this has got to be in your rucksack as an aide memoire while you seek out the tombs, burial pits and much more. These well-seasoned writers (Nicholas has written a similar book in this series, The Complete Tutankhamun and Richard the Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt) provide plans of tombs, photographs and have gone into fine detail. For those of you who need a reference work I suggest you take a look, I did and I am very happy thank you. This masterpiece has plenty of detail on the finds in each tomb with oodles of background information. The authors also provide you with guidance on which tombs to visit if you have time constraints. For those of you who like to hear and see another point of view, consider reading 'Guide to the Valley of the Kings' by Alberto Siliotti. Alberto captures the bigger picture with a touch more visual emphasis on tomb layout and wall detail. Both of these books are excellent and I would find it difficult to choose one over the other and resulted in my obtaining both! No Egyptology bookshelf should be without it..., 08 Sep 2000
Any book by Nicholas Reeves is worth reading, and a book by Nicholas Reeves on the Valley of the Kings is a treat indeed. This is a wonderfully-illustrated, updated and more accessible version of Reeves' hard-to-find, hard-to-read and hard-to-afford Valley of the Kings: Decline of a Royal Necropolis. In other words, it's the only book you'll ever need on the Valley of the Kings in general. This book fully delivers on it's titled promise of being complete - every aspect of the Valley and its tombs is covered, and if there's something missing here, I can't find it. Packed with maps, illustrations and photographs, this book is as much a joy to look at as it is to read. Nicholas Reeves has a real passion for the Valley of the Kings and had produced a brilliant and detailed work on its history, excavation, tombs and abandonment. Read it from cover to cover, use it as a (reliable) reference work, dip into it from time to time...however you use this book, you'll enjoy it. In my opinion this is one of the very best generally-available books on Ancient Egypt at the moment.
Spectacularly amazing! A jewel to behold!, 09 Mar 2002
Of all the encyclopedias and information books that I have ever read and re-read, this is the brightest most beautiful book I have ever laid my eyes on. To be in truth it really is a jewel to behold! It is as colourful as the ancient culture itself! It explains everything you'd ever need to know about Ancient Egypt and complete with the internet links (which expand the book's fields of information even further), it explains everything in a simple and down to earth way.
This book opens up new areas of dead useful information never before explored with extraordinary graphics, all in a nutshell!
A treasure forever! Please go on and read it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 24 May 2003
On opening the cover of this Book,I little realised it would be so hard to put down again, seduced by lavish illustrations and a very understandable format of what is after all a very diverse, though interesting subject, yes there are many other books on the market covering this subject, we can all argue about Egyptian religion,but I feel this book is a sound fountation for anybody with that initial interest in this subject,It makes a worthy addition to the rest of the Thames and Hudson series, if you only ever buy one book on Egyptian religion look no further
Very Good, 15 Aug 2008
I recently bought this product for my eleven year old daughter and she loves it. I myself, could not stop looking at the intricate pictures and flaps. I do feel though that its predecessor, Egyptology: Search For the Tomb of Osiris is just the bit more beautiful but a stunning read, nonetheless!
Better value than from the exhibition!, 23 Jan 2008
If you have been to or going to the exhibition at the 02 this is basically the identical book (same ISBN) as they are selling in the gift shop for £35.00. The only difference is that the Amazon one does not have the Omar Sharif audio disk included and it has a different slipcover. In my opinion the audio is great when you are actually walking round the exhibition but standalone it is of no great shakes. This book is a great souvenir of the exhibition, maybe not the most educational but beautifully photographed, would grace any coffee table! Save your cash go to the exhibition and buy the book on line!
great! ...but a little limited, 03 Dec 2007
i bought this for my girlfriend for an extra christmas present. although i am yet to delve in properly, it has a great collection of images and the text is easy to read, broken down well and complimented by maps of burial sites etc. the only faults i can bring up, are that the information about tutunkhamun himself is a bit limited and most of the book describes of the treasures found. still an interesting read and what there is of a high quality, especially the photos which are highly detailed.
i only spent 14.99 on this elsewhere other than amazon, so it's well worth the money spent. hence why the 5 stars :)
No more please!, 09 Nov 2007
Does Zahi Hawass really write this stuff? I thought he was an Egyptologist with a job to do. Instead his name is on every flippin' book and documentary coming out of Egypt -- he is a one-man self-publicizing campaign. And the text is no good anyway, though the pictures, taken by somebody else, are OK.
Glossy and Superficial, 05 Nov 2007
This is a glossy and superficial book which makes an OK souvenir, and the sort of thing to have on hand when you spend time in the loo.
fantastic photos, 23 Jul 2007
This is a wonderful book packed with sumptuous photographs - most of them a whole page in size so you can really see all the details of the artifacts. I also thought the information was imparted in an easy-to-read way. This is a big beautiful book - well worth the money.
Excellent overview, 29 Apr 2008
I've just come back from a trip to Cairo where I saw the Tutankhamun treasures for the first time - a truly magnificent experience, and one I'd recommend for everyone. Before the trip I read Howard Carter's book The Tomb of Tutankhamen (note the different spelling if you look for this on Amazon), and also this book by Nicholas Reeves. Carter's book gives more information and it is wonderful to read about the tomb's discovery and its objects from the man himself. However, Carter's book (at least the 1972 edition I have) only has a limited number of pictures and it was a little frustrating to read Carter's descriptions of the many "wonderful things" and yet only be shown pictures of a selection of them. This is where Reeves' book comes in as it has pictures of many more of the objects, and it also gives information on the men behind the excavation and the background leading up to the discovery. The problem with Reeves' book is that the text doesn't go into any where near the same detail as Carter's, nor is it as well written.
In summary then, I'd say Carter's book is essential reading if you want to get the most out of your visit to the Cairo museum, but I also highly recommend the Reeves book as a companion to Carter's book for the many pictures it has.
The Ultimate Tutankhamun !!, 30 May 2005
This book is simply fanatastic ! The best book about Tutankhamun around - it is the most complete study of his life, his times, his world. You must buy it because there is no other book on the subject that even compares with it ! Enough information and photographs to keep you going for years ! I bought it five years ago and I am still referring to it...
Great king, great book., 27 Jun 2003
This is a hive of information about Tutankhaten, or how he became Tutankhamun, beautiful pictures, it makes a fantastic reference to the boy King, you somewhat feel saddened for him, his life was not so easy, it's all the beautiful pictures depicted centuries ago, especially the ones with him, and Ankhanasamun (his young wife), they were very much in love, it's a moving reference book.
this book is fantastic!, 29 Aug 2002
This book goes over everything to do with Tutankhamun and more. It has an entire section about tutankhamun's life and times, several sections on the tomb itself and the funeral equipment found in it. The book reveals many things about tutankhamun which are not very comonley known and is filled with colourful pictures and diagrams. This book is probably one of the best books on Tutankhamun around today. Many of the other books by Nicholas Reeves are also worth a read. I highly recomend this book!
This is a Tutankhamen experience, 07 Jan 2002
For an armchair Tutankhamun experience this book is brilliant. Nicholas has crafted a book that takes the reader, photograph-by-photograph, illustration-by-illustration through the family history, the Valley of the Kings and the treasures discovered. For the Tutankhamun reader this book is the reference work for getting a visual impression of that relation, that funery pit, that adze, in fact, an Alladin's Cave of information, lavishly illustrated. I constantly refer to this companion to check out references in other books. The casual reader can go as far as they wish because the illustrations keep pulling you in deeper and deeper. If you intend visiting the Valley of the Kings and the Cairo museum this is one book you should have at your side.
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